Peak District Online releases the Cromford Video

Jan. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- The village of Cromford is built snugly amongst fine rock scenery and sits astride the main A6 Derby road at the southern end of Matlock Dale deep in the Derwent Valley.


The village owes its historical significance entirely to the River Derwent, for it takes its name from a bend in the river where the water was shallow enough to be forded by the old Derby to Chesterfield road, the original old English `Crune-ford` meaning `crooked-ford`. Two thousand years ago the Romans knew the crossing and shipped pigs of lead mined in the local hills down-river to the Trent from here.

The video can be viewed at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0lMtpZ5Ygc




To see more information on this village please visit
http://www.peakdistrictvillages.co.uk/cromford-c54.html

To see more videos of the peak district please visit
http://www.videosofthepeakdistrict.co.uk

To see more peak district news please visit
http://www.peakdistrict-news.co.uk

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